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Development and implementation of an on-farm self-monitoring tool to promote welfare in
dairy cows in northern Germany
H. Lehrke¹, J. Brinkmann², H. Kahle³, O. Lamp¹, H. Rowehl⁴
¹Chamber of Agriculture of Schleswig-Holstein, Research and Training Centre Futterkamp
²Thuenen-Institute of Organic Farming
³Rinderzucht Schleswig-Holstein eG
⁴ Landeskontrollverband Schleswig-Holstein e.V.
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Animal Welfare Law Germany
Farmers in Germany are legally committedto regulary monitor their animals‘ welfare.
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§Aim
▪ Evaluation of animal welfare by using animal basedindicators
▪ Emphasising the personal responsibility of the animalowner for the animals well-being
▪ Improvement of animal welfare
Challenges
▪ No further regulation on content, extent or frequency ofself-assessment
„Wer Nutztiere zu Erwerbszwecken hält, hat durch betriebliche Eigenkontrollensicherzustellen, dass die Anforderungen des §2 eingehalten werden. Insbesondere hat er zum Zwecke seiner Beurteilung, dass die Anforderungen des § 2 erfüllt sind, geeignete tierbezogene Merkmale (Tierschutzindikatoren) zuerheben und zu bewerten.“
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EIP Agri European Innovation Partnership
▪ Provides funding for innovative ideas in agriculture
▪ Aims to to encourage dedicated farmers, researchers and entrepreneurs to new forms of cooperation
▪Working together in „Operational groups“, farmerstake an active part during the project
▪ Promote better exchange between science andpractice
▪ Project start: June 2018, 3 years
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Animal welfare – Curse or blessing?
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How can I tell?
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HusbandryStable conceptFeeding
Measurement of animal welfare?
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AnimalGenetics PerformanceConformation
HumanManagementEducationMotivation
Animalbehaviour
(Fraser et al., 1997; Fraser, 2008)
Animalhealth
Emotional state
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Selection of suitable indicators
▪ Use of existing data recording systems to reduce amount of work for farmers
▪ Evaluation of indicators of the animals‘ condition on site
▪ Set of valid, animal-based indicators which documents the animal welfare situation and covers animal health, husbandry and management
▪ Easy to use and reproduce when carried out by the farmers
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Set of indicators
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Q C
hec
k (D
LQ) • Indicators from
existing data for:
• Udder health
• Herd demographics
• Metabolic health
• Mortality of calves and young stock
EiK
oTi
Ger
(KTB
L) • Indicators from animal inspection:
• Body condition
• Cleanliness
• Integument damages
• Claw health
• Lameness
• Tail injuries
Tier
wo
hl-
Ch
eck • Combination of both
sets of indicators, completed by basic information about the husbandry system.
www.q-check.org www.ktbl.de/themen/eikotiger/ www.tierwohl-check-sh.de
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Practical tool for farmers
Providing a practical tool for farmers:
▪ Easy and quick analysis of the animal welfare
▪ Optimization of the individual herds‘ management
▪ Implementation and documentation of the required
self assessment
▪ Create an added value for practical farming
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Development of the application
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▪Easy to use interface
▪Making maximum use of existing data: herd information from the milk recording
▪Scoring of indicators by images
▪Recommended sample size according to the herd size
▪Accompanying E-Learning program
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Web application
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Self-assessment
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Meeting the legal requirements by:
Documentation
• Regular data collection
• Structured review of current and prior results
• Combination of existing data and animal scoring
Evaluation
• Automatic evaluation on the basis of traffic light system
• Defined for each indicator for better classification of own values
• Easy presentation of results
Benchmark
• Possible comparison with similar farms
• Participation optional for all app users
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Animal welfare report
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Take home points
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Making the most of existing indicatorsAlready well known animal based indicators can be successfully used in practical farming.
Animal welfare assessments need an added valueSelf-assessments shouldn‘t only be carried out to follow legal requirements, but create a real value for the farmers.
Keep it simpleThe analysis of data on a regular base helps to track developments in animal welfare. Only with an easy-to-use approach, animal based indicators will find use in practical farming.
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Thank you for your attention !
For further information please check www.tierwohl-check-sh.de
ContactLeadpartnerLandeskontrollverband Schleswig-Holstein e.V.Steenbeker Weg 151, 24106 Kiel+49 (0)431 33987 [email protected]
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ReferentHannah [email protected]